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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… after the Restoration, composed several cantos of his Hudibras. Though irregular in their arrangement, and greatly …
Old and New London
… is described with much graphic humour by Butler, in his "Hudibras." He writes that they "Marched rank and file, with …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… Ibid. p. 162.] Nov. 30. Sir Stephen Fox to let Mr. Butler (Hudibras) have 200 l. In the margin : Done [ i.e. letter …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… Earl of Carbery, Richard May and [S. Butler the author of] Hudibras are to be also mentioned. The Countess of Sussex [is … of Carbery, 100 l. to Mr. Price and 100 l. to Mr. Butler ('Hudibras') and 100 l. per an. for the said Mr. Butler. By …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the town. Sir Samuel Luke, supposed to have been the Hudibras of Butler, was governor in 1645. Newport is …
A Survey of London
… by a Baptist meeting-house, whence Samuel Butler ( Hudibras, Pt. III, canto ii. 894) refers to 'The Rump' as …
A Survey of London
… he goes to buy a chaine. Bultler, in The Lady's Answer to Hudibras, 11. 59, 60, refers to: false St. Martin's beads …
The Environs of London
… for great prices. Cooper was intimate with the author of Hudibras, and taught him to paint. His own genius was not …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… kept a devil's bird, Shut in the pommell of his sword, &c. Hudibras. A small golden ball (qu. a talisman?) is suspended …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Esq. for 7000 l 83 Dr. Zachary Grey, the Editor of Hudibras, was a younger son of George Grey, Rector of … p. 106, and vol. IX. p. 810. The first edition of his Hudibras was published in 1744; the second in 1764. A large … in India, and was ancestor of a line of heroes. See Hudibras, Part I. Canto 2. The second convention explains …